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The word feminism needs to be taken back. It needs to be reclaimed in a way that is inclusive of men.

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Henry Watson Fowler

Those who are addicted to the phrase "to use a vulgarism" expect to achieve the feat of being at once vulgar and superior to vulgarity.

Achieve, Addicted, Expect, Phrases, Superior, Use
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Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word to the long. Prefer the Saxon word to the Romance.

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Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid.

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The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying. . . : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point.

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Anyone who finds himself putting down several commas close to one another should reflect that he is making himself disagreeable.

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Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

Dignity, Ease, Long, Running, Tasteless
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